Emma Teitel

Emma Teitel is a National Magazine Award-winning columnist who writes frequently about women’s issues and popular culture. She gets a lot of hate mail, mostly from Burnaby, British Columbia.

Ottawa

Nothin’ wrong with a little baby-tossing

Men’s hobbies and preoccupations do not discount their political insights and analyses. Neither should women’s

Movies

The real monster in ‘Gone Girl’? Clichéd archetyping

Emma Teitel on David Fincher’s ’Gone Girl’ and the current vogue for bad characters

NFL: Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

Society

Hate the player, not the game

Emma Teitel on how blaming the nature of football for Ray Rice’s domestic assault gives him an out to use culture as a crutch

Mayoral candidate John Tory marches in WorldPride Parade.

Uncategorized

A tale of Tory, tories and the Torah

Why John Tory’s apparent pandering to the Jewish community is not only ineffective, but also harmful

Uncategorized

The power of erotic nostalgia

For the most part, lesbian love on screen, especially of the coming-of-age variety, is a bad omen

Portrait of Jon Stewart. Photograph by Kourosh Keshiri.

Movies

Video: Jon Stewart brings an Iranian-Canadian’s story to life

Jon Stewart’s genius for finding humour in the banality of evil makes its way to his directorial debut, ’Rosewater’

Culture

Our respect for Jennifer Lawrence, amid the nude-photo scandal

Emma Teitel on the nude-photo scandal that’s shaking up Hollywood

Life

Blame the victim? Or be the victim?

Emma Teitel on why the outrage against anti-date-rape technology is misguided

Technology

The challenge of finding friends online

In an online matchmaking world obsessed with sex, how do you simply find a friend?

Richard Dawkins at the Oxford Union, Oxford University, Britain – 18 Feb 2014

Health

Richard Dawkins isn’t helping abortion rights

Emma Teitel on the famous atheist, abortion and Down’s syndrome

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